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Oral Diseases (2011) 17, 601–609
Objectives: Chronic infiltration of lymphocytes into the salivary and lacrimal glands of patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) leads to destruction of acinar cells and loss of exocrine function. Protein kinase C‐delta (PKCδ) is known to play a critical role in B‐cell maintenance. Mice in which the PKCδ gene has been disrupted have a loss of B‐cell tolerance, multiple...